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As a man always have it in mind your kindness, love and affection are never recipe to make woman love you. You might buy house for her she will bring in another landlord. You might buy a car for her and she will take one dirty pilot to be cruising the car so invest in yourself first and doing so to any girl there should be limit even if her loyalty must be secured.

This is what we call inclusive governance which will promote peace and justice.

Omo God will bless Tinubu look at the state of the art training institution. Imagine the way he compartmentalized and neutralize the northern dynasty something no one has the audacity to do. God bless you and may Nigeria be glorified through you. Amen!

I sense Trump will definitely do what he did Maduro in Iran and this time around it will be soo bloody...

tesseract:
Bros, I'm not stupid like most of you people. State sponsored media is a thing, and I know it. NTA, AIT, Channels are all state sponsored media outlets. There is no bitterness anywhere, the truth is bitter for you and your lot. Continue deceiving people.

Trump annihilated terrorists in sokoto, non of these outlets posted videos or pictures of the operation, independent media outlets did. Some of them even propagated the news that there were no casualties.
Now you carry camera take pictures and videos, send to AIT in an attempt to give it credibility. AIT is state media, heavily compromised. Rest abeg

First and foremost replying you is like replying a robbot that can only execute what it has been programmed for that is why sometimes is better to change the sun to moon than to try to change a corrupted mind that is so be clouded with pessimistic arteries. That is why a wet blanket will always be a wet blanket but sorry to disappoint you we will win this war against terrorism whether from the Armed Forces or the Police and the best you can do is to wail and wallow in sorrow and agony. Perhaps, it might be that you will continue to sing in dirge and elegy. Where they ere we will reprehensively condemn and rebuke them as well where the make is smile we will give them their flowers. Lest before I forget the presidency through his media aide has confirmed the brutal onslaught on these terrorists but like I said earlier I know you will still pacify and console your disabuse mind with negativity but anyways thanks and have a good day!

Don't blame the OP blame the administrators of Nairaland specifically Mynd44 and Faggie001 for not vetting and censoring the post.

PresidentMUGABE:
Who are those still standing and working around?

Maybe, those ones are ground troops from the police that went for the operation. That was why you can literally see that the armed helicopter was not raining bullets on them.

tesseract:
Photo ops...lol. 😂
Let them continue deceiving themselves.

Photo ops from AIT? omo e bi like say you are a bitter person that don't want something good to happen to Nigeria.

Excellent and magnificent job by the NPF this is a total turn over. Apparently, as the the number one internal security organ of the state this is what we should be expecting from you. Perhaps, if Intentional and conscious approach is applied with proper and good funding of the police takes effects most definitely we will see positive results from the pillar power of Nigeria security.

If Venezuela case is not properly managed it will end up like Libya and South Sudan. Guerrilla warfare will be order of the day!

Putindbutt:
Lol, who are those trying to cover the asss of the deranged criminal in the white house. We all know the US mission failed woefully. That's why they have not been able to show a single picture. Meanwhile after hitting Venezuela, they were showing pictures everywhere.

An official of AFRICOM confirmed the US strikes in Nigeria failed.

Evidently, Mr terrorist sympathizer and apologist that is your prayers that the mission should be a failed one but I am assuring you the second strike will not only neutralize them but will liquidate these friends of yours and this time around go stay in their midst so that you can have a first hand information to acknowledge the failure of the military precision.

Coming from a man who has no integrity and pedigree. People can be so shameless this man insulted and made mockery of Tinubu without sympathy but now that this same Tinubu gave him his daily bread he has become his praise singer.

Scoring, winning and dominating. Nigeria has never been this magnificent, impressive and empecable in this modern day contemporary football than now. Although, that is for me.

Another goal for Nigeria by Akor Adams!

Wike is doing damage control he knows the bromance between himself and the president is coming to an end as such he is doing everything possible with window dressing to make it look as if he is in control of things. However, reverse is the case you can't love someone and want to ignite fire in the economy engine room of the country. Already Nigeria is experiencing economy downtrum additionally the president intervene but you are claiming to be a demigod no worry hand go reach you soon...

Trump inordinate choice of words and threat to military action will amount to total betrayal and treachery. This is totally unimaginable and unacceptable especially from a trusted ally like Denmark. They don't deserve this!

The key reason for insecurity in every society is lack of justice, poverty and ideological government fueled by extremism and Fundamentalists and that was why Elrufai didn't succeed in cubing insecurity but this is man is not only liberal but has a cosmopolitan style of politics that is base on inclusiveness and tolerance.

First time I am hearing this in our corrupt litigation system it is not easy to reject the temptation of money as a matter of God it takes the grace and fear of God to do that and I am certain this judge knows it that is why. However, omo this judge is very wicked 😂😂 500 million each and the person who will serve as the surtey will be verified where he got the money and properties, in order words maybe hope for Malami and his family to be freed will be dashed. He might be reminded in the prison and be breaking firewood while his litigation is going on...

I sincerely pity Osimeh honestly speaking this guy is heading to doom because his career is about to crash. You can't continue like this and want to be respected as a patriotic citizen and a country man I have lost my respect for this man.

ify2016:
Osihmeh is going nowhere. All enemy of Osihmeh should calm down.

bootlicker nobody is an enemy of a bitter and frustrated baller like him.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
No he is not jealous

The coach game plan for this super Eagles team does not favour him, so him leg no dey see ball much. So he was soo frustrated. The system of play favors wingers and midfielders more.

Lookman had a field day yesterday, he was dictating things,

He played like a playmaker a natural 10 yesterday. By a mile deserved MOTM.

You guys had to understand that Osihmen level of aggression is 100%

He is very aggressive like Ramos, Pepe, Rudiger, Diego Costa

Osimeh has no right to be that aggressive and angry if he is not a bitter person. Already he has two goals to his name and not from anybody but that same player that he went on to raze his aggression and frustration on like the guy no get right at all to shout or yell at any player who doesn't pass to him left alone a player like Lookman who gave him two assists. What a selfish behavior having two goals and can't control your outer selfish hunger to score more?

Osimeh behavior was so inordinate and highly repulsive and impulsive. As a professional player of his pedigree he shouldn't have behaved the way he did. Apparently, he has no right to fight or talk to any player in that manner not even the captain or coach has that right. Moreso, this same player gave you two assists what a selfish and self centered man this is the true replica of how we humans are, so quick to forget the positive aspects of life and focus on negativity. This attitude is a sum total of a biter and acrimonious person how will you speak to a player like that? would he be happy if he was spoken to like that? in this Afcon if we are to rate base on performance Lookman is the star of the team. Arbitrarily, he is magnificent and full of aura his dribble and passes are dangerous and deadly. He makes quick, intentional and decisive moves his assists are full of precision like a bunker busters. Osimeh should learn emotional resilience and apologize he is not and can't be too big for the club. Like what happened yesterday rings in my head like a horror Hollywood movie. Come on, like who gave him that mind, audacity and temerity to behave that way to another player omo... that guy went to far...

erniok2:
If Trump is serious, let him topple Putin. A bully will always show force to those he's bigger than.

walahi no president on earth US can't abduct or kidnap the hard nut to crack is Xi of China, however he could be a victim. What happened to Osama and Maduro is a script that can't be acted in Hollywood. The only reason US will not do such to many leaders is because of diplomacy and nuclear weapons.

ibedun:
Most of you are VICTIMS of western media propaganda. If the BBC starts calling your fada insane tomorrow, millions of people like you around the world will believe it without proof or any evidence.

If you disagree, go ahead and tell us why he is a “mad man”.

Apparently you are right bro... but sorry nobody is a slave to any form of propaganda. Understanding the true context of a mad man in this discusse is not an insult, it simply means he will not stand any form of provoke or unprovoked attack because he is very much impulsive and he will resort to every available means including going apocalyptic to restrain that action.

The simple reason is because North Korea has nuclear warheads most especially stationed in the hand of a mad man. However, if it is base on overt and covert operations led by intelligence gathering and executed by conventional warfare I am telling you between now and 24 Kim Jung Un is a goner. Equally, the US are not also apprehensive because of their nuclear warfare but transfer of aggression through war of proximity especially with Japan and South Korea.

Trump did not follow the mission from the White House situation room. Instead, he was surrounded by his advisers at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he watched a live stream of the operation flanked by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"It was an incredible thing to see," Trump said on Saturday. "If you would have seen what happened, I mean, I watched it literally like I was watching a television show. And if you would've seen the speed, the violence... it's just, it was an amazing thing, an amazing job that these people did."

A small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, "his pets".

Then, in early December, a planned mission dubbed "Operation Absolute Resolve" was finalised. It was the result of months of meticulous planning and rehearsals, which even included elite US troops creating an exact full-size replica of Maduro's Caracas safe house to practise their entry routes.

The plan - which amounted to an extraordinary US military intervention in Latin America not seen since the Cold War - was closely guarded. Congress was not informed or consulted ahead of time. With the precise details set, top military officials simply had to wait for the optimal conditions to launch.

They wanted to maximise the element of surprise, officials said on Saturday. There was a false start four days earlier when US President Donald Trump gave approval, but they opted to wait for better weather and less cloud cover.

"Over the weeks through Christmas and New Year, the men and women of the United States military sat ready, patiently waiting for the right triggers to be met and the president to order us into action," General Dan Caine, the nation's highest-ranking military officer, told a news conference on Saturday morning.


'Good luck and godspeed'
The order from the president to begin the mission finally came at 22:46 EST on Friday (03:46 GMT on Saturday).

"We were going to do this four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, and then all of a sudden it opened up. And we said: go," Trump himself told Fox & Friends on Saturday, hours after the overnight raid.

"He said to us, and we appreciate it... good luck and godspeed," Gen Caine said. Trump's order came shortly before midnight in Caracas, giving the military most of the night to operate in darkness.

What followed was a two-hour-and-twenty-minute mission by air, land and sea that stunned many in Washington and around the world.

Trump did not follow the mission from the White House situation room. Instead, he was surrounded by his advisers at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he watched a live stream of the operation flanked by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"It was an incredible thing to see," Trump said on Saturday. "If you would have seen what happened, I mean, I watched it literally like I was watching a television show. And if you would've seen the speed, the violence... it's just, it was an amazing thing, an amazing job that these people did."

For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President's Nicolas Maduro's every move.

What followed was a two-hour-and-twenty-minute mission by air, land and sea that stunned many in Washington and around the world.

In terms of scale and precision, it was virtually unprecedented. And it drew immediate condemnation from several regional powers, with Brazil's President Lula da Silva saying the violent capture of Venezuela's leader set "yet another extremely dangerous precedent for the entire international community".

"It was an incredible thing to see," Trump said on Saturday. "If you would have seen what happened, I mean, I watched it literally like I was watching a television show. And if you would've seen the speed, the violence... it's just, it was an amazing thing, an amazing job that these people did."

In recent months, thousands of US troops have deployed to the region, joining an aircraft carrier and dozens of warships in the largest military build-up in decades as Trump has accused Maduro of drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism, and blown up dozens of small boats accused of ferrying drugs through the region.

But the first signs of Operation Absolute Resolve were in the skies. More than 150 aircraft - including bombers, fighter jets and reconnaissance planes - were ultimately deployed through the course of the night, according to US officials.

"It was very complex, extremely complex, the whole manoeuvre, the landings, the number of aircraft," Trump told Fox News. "We had a fighter jet for every possible situation."

"I heard a huge sound, a loud bang," reporter Ana Vanessa Herrero told the BBC. "It moved all the windows. Immediately after I saw a huge cloud of smoke that almost blocked the entire view."

She added: "Planes and helicopters were flying all over the city."

Soon, videos showing numerous aircraft in the skies - and others showing the apparent aftermath of explosions - began to circulate widely on social media. One showed a convoy of helicopters flying at low altitude over Caracas as smoke rose from apparent detonations.

"We woke up at around 01:55 to the roar of explosions and the hum of planes flying over Caracas," one witness. Daniela, told the BBC. "Everything was plunged into absolute darkness, illuminated only by the flashes of nearby detonations."

She added: "Neighbours were messaging in the condominium group chat, all confused and unaware of what was happening [and] frightened by the blasts."

BBC Verify has examined a number of videos showing explosions, fire and smoke in locations around Caracas to identify exactly which sites were targeted.

So far, it has confirmed five locations including Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base, an airfield known as La Carlota and Port La Guaira, Caracas' main conduit to the Caribbean Sea.


The plan - which amounted to an extraordinary US military intervention in Latin America not seen since the Cold War - was closely guarded. Congress was not informed or consulted ahead of time. With the precise details set, top military officials simply had to wait for the optimal conditions to launch.

In terms of scale and precision, it was virtually unprecedented. And it drew immediate condemnation from several regional powers, with Brazil's President Lula da Silva saying the violent capture of Venezuela's leader set "yet another extremely dangerous precedent for the entire international community".

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But the first signs of Operation Absolute Resolve were in the skies. More than 150 aircraft - including bombers, fighter jets and reconnaissance planes - were ultimately deployed through the course of the night, according to US officials.

"It was very complex, extremely complex, the whole manoeuvre, the landings, the number of aircraft," Trump told Fox News. "We had a fighter jet for every possible situation."

Loud explosions were heard in Caracas at about 02:00 local time (06:00 GMT), and plumes of smoke were seen rising over the city. "I heard a huge sound, a loud bang," reporter Ana Vanessa Herrero told the BBC. "It moved all the windows. Immediately after I saw a huge cloud of smoke that almost blocked the entire view."

She added: "Planes and helicopters were flying all over the city."

Soon, videos showing numerous aircraft in the skies - and others showing the apparent aftermath of explosions - began to circulate widely on social media. One showed a convoy of helicopters flying at low altitude over Caracas as smoke rose from apparent detonations.

"We woke up at around 01:55 to the roar of explosions and the hum of planes flying over Caracas," one witness. Daniela, told the BBC. "Everything was plunged into absolute darkness, illuminated only by the flashes of nearby detonations."

She added: "Neighbours were messaging in the condominium group chat, all confused and unaware of what was happening [and] frightened by the blasts."

So far, it has confirmed five locations including Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base, an airfield known as La Carlota and Port La Guaira, Caracas' main conduit to the Caribbean Sea.

Map showing locations of US air strikes in and around Caracas, Venezuela. Highlighted sites include Port La Guaira to the north, Fuerte Tiuna and La Carlota in Caracas, and Higuerote Airport to the east.

Some of the US strikes targeted air defence systems and other military targets, officials said. Trump also suggested the US cut the power in Caracas before the mission began, though he did not specify how.

"The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have," he said. "It was dark and it was deadly."

'They knew we were coming'
As strikes rang out around Caracas, US forces made their way into the city. They included members of the elite Delta Force, the US military's top special mission unit, sources told the BBC's US news partner CBS. They were heavily armed - and carried a blowtorch in case they had to cut through the metal doors of Maduro's safe house.

The troops arrived at Maduro's location shortly after the strikes began at 02:01 local time, according to Gen Caine. Trump described the safe house as a military "fortress" in the heart of Caracas, saying: "They were in a ready position waiting for us. They knew we were coming."

The troops took fire when they arrived, and one of the US helicopters was hit but was still able to fly. "The apprehension force descended into Maduro's compound and moved with speed, precision and discipline," Gen Caine said.

"They just broke in, and they broke into places that were not really able to be broken into, you know, steel doors that were put there for just this reason," Trump remarked.

It was only as the operation - which also saw Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, seized - was unfolding that Rubio began notifying lawmakers about the action, a decision which has since prompted anger from some in the US Congress.

"Let me be clear: Nicolas Maduro is an illegitimate dictator. But launching military action without congressional authorisation and without a credible plan for what comes next is reckless," said top Democrat Chuck Schumer, the party's leader in the Senate.

Briefing Congress ahead of time would have endangered the mission, Rubio told reporters during the news conference on Saturday. "Congress has a tendency to leak," Trump added. "This would not be good."

What followed was a two-hour-and-twenty-minute mission by air, land and sea that stunned many in Washington and around the world.

In terms of scale and precision, it was virtually unprecedented. And it drew immediate condemnation from several regional powers, with Brazil's President Lula da Silva saying the violent capture of Venezuela's leader set "yet another extremely dangerous precedent for the entire international community".



"It was very complex, extremely complex, the whole manoeuvre, the landings, the number of aircraft," Trump told Fox News. "We had a fighter jet for every possible situation."

Loud explosions were heard in Caracas at about 02:00 local time (06:00 GMT), and plumes of smoke were seen rising over the city. "I heard a huge sound, a loud bang," reporter Ana Vanessa Herrero told the BBC. "It moved all the windows. Immediately after I saw a huge cloud of smoke that almost blocked the entire view."

Soon, videos showing numerous aircraft in the skies - and others showing the apparent aftermath of explosions - began to circulate widely on social media. One showed a convoy of helicopters flying at low altitude over Caracas as smoke rose from apparent detonations.

"We woke up at around 01:55 to the roar of explosions and the hum of planes flying over Caracas," one witness. Daniela, told the BBC. "Everything was plunged into absolute darkness, illuminated only by the flashes of nearby detonations."

She added: "Neighbours were messaging in the condominium group chat, all confused and unaware of what was happening [and] frightened by the blasts."

The troops arrived at Maduro's location shortly after the strikes began at 02:01 local time, according to Gen Caine. Trump described the safe house as a military "fortress" in the heart of Caracas, saying: "They were in a ready position waiting for us. They knew we were coming."

The troops took fire when they arrived, and one of the US helicopters was hit but was still able to fly. "The apprehension force descended into Maduro's compound and moved with speed, precision and discipline," Gen Caine said.

"They just broke in, and they broke into places that were not really able to be broken into, you know, steel doors that were put there for just this reason," Trump remarked.

"He was trying to get to a safe place, which wasn't safe, because we would have had the door blown up in about 47 seconds," Trump said.

"He made it to the door. He was unable to close it. He got bum rushed so fast that he didn't get into that [room]."

When asked if the US could have killed Maduro, an authoritarian leader who took over the presidency in 2013, if he had resisted arrest, Trump said: "It could have happened."

On the US side, "a couple of guys were hit", he said, but no US service members were killed. The Venezuelan authorities have not confirmed any casualties.

The US had previously offered a $50m (£37) reward for information leading to Maduro's arrest. But by 04:20 local time on Saturday, helicopters were leaving Venezuelan territory with Maduro and his wife on board, in custody of the US Department of Justice and en route ultimately to New York, where they are expected to face criminal charges.

Almost exactly an hour later Trump announced the news of his capture to the world. "Maduro and his wife will soon face the full might of American justice," he said.

In terms of scale and precision, it was virtually unprecedented. And it drew immediate condemnation from several regional powers, with Brazil's President Lula da Silva saying the violent capture of Venezuela's leader set "yet another extremely dangerous precedent for the entire international community". Source BBC

Very mature and highly emotional and regrettable submission. From his tune you could imagine anger, betrayal and regret. He didn't become like the regular political godfathers that run riots and behave like made dogs he acted in a sensible manner. I wish him best of luck in his endeavors.

This is totally outrageous and ridiculous the government will have to come into this and set a cap benchmark for house rent in Nigeria especially in big cities like Lagos and Port-harcourt. Housing shouldn't be this expensive...